Theoretically Informed Behavioral Intervention to Enhance QOL and Prevent HIV-related Comorbidities
Funded by: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
Project dates: September 2024 - March 2029
Principal Investigator: Ramos, S. Raquel (contact PI)Project dates: September 2024 - March 2029
Principal Investigator: Kershaw TS
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Cardiovascular disease has become the leading contributor to mortality among persons with HIV, as both conditions are often co-morbid.
The LEARN Study was planned as a pilot waitlist control trial to test a virtual environment as prevention education in men with HIV. LEARN2 is to be a follow-up to what was found in the initial study.
Study objectives are to:
- Utilize formative research to modify the intervention from the LEARN Study to address the social determinants of health that impact prevention of shared clinical risk factors for HIV-comorbidities;
- Determine the efficacy of LEARN2, as prevention education for HIV-comorbidities; and
- Conduct a process evaluation of LEARN2 on its feasibility and acceptability and determine which intervention components are most successful in initiating change.
Related Publications
Kang B, Chin L, Camacho-Rivera M, Garza M, de Jesus Espinosa T, Cong X, Fraser M, Boutjdir M, Ramos SR (2025). Intervention mapping for systematic development of a community-engaged CVD prevention intervention in ethnic and racial sexual minority men with HIV
Frontiers in Public Health, 13, 1529152. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1529152. PMCID: PMC11904837.